I totally agree with this. The best thing my parents did as I got older would be to say, "Well, we could handle this for you, but you could do it yourself. We'd be glad to talk about it with you and to give you advice, but you need to handle this." The result was that I genuinely wanted to talk about my life with my parents and usually appreciated their perspective, but I also didn't expect them to jump in and fix situations for me.
That and basic housekeeping skills -- laundry, cooking, cleaning -- were the best things my parents did for me.
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Date: 2007-01-09 03:39 pm (UTC)That and basic housekeeping skills -- laundry, cooking, cleaning -- were the best things my parents did for me.